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first of all, he left the obama administration. he was fired by the obama administration. >> in 2014. >> in 2014 and sean was saying well these clearances are good for five years, but you have to -- they're not. really. he's not getting briefed the way he was being briefed and i think this really illustrates the fact that the white house's vetting process leaves a lot to be desired and, by the way, he was the national security adviser so you would presume that for a job at that level, you would need to have a different vet and it's clear they didn't do it. so maybe the reason they're not handing over documents regarding his vet is that there aren't any which almost seems hard to believe. >> in 2014, he was told to leave the defense intelligence agency. they weren't going to renew his tenure there. he went on the speaking engagement in 2015. the 2016 the obama administration renewed his security clearances. do they have a point the white house when they say, you know what, we were just following what the obama administration was doi
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the obama administration actually fired general flynn as the head of dia and for the trump administration who has distanced themselves from everything that the obama administration did to say we just have a lot of continuity and take their word on it, it really doesn't fly. >> congressman, do you agree? >> no. i mean, people should be very familiar with how the security clearance process works. people get issued security clearances for a period of time regardless of what administration is. i'm not sure what the dates are for general flynn's security clearance but i believe he held this security clearance granted to him during the obama administration and that carries through even when there's a new administration coming into office. so if i had had security clearance in 2015, 2016, that was good for five years regardless of whether i was serving in the obama administration or the trump administration, it would have been good. and a review on general flynn when they came into office, they would, though, have to have a vetting process and let's say that the congressman is right. then that p
the obama administration actually fired general flynn as the head of dia and for the trump administration who has distanced themselves from everything that the obama administration did to say we just have a lot of continuity and take their word on it, it really doesn't fly. >> congressman, do you agree? >> no. i mean, people should be very familiar with how the security clearance process works. people get issued security clearances for a period of time regardless of what...
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bush, and obama administrations. that should get under way in about 10 minutes. here onthat live c-span. until then, a look at a proposal that would link student debt to public service from today's "washington journal" and we will show you as much as we can until the event with the attorney general gets underway. your money segment on washington journal and this week we feature reporting done by jillian berman, who covers in part, the student loan industry and particularly issues concerning student loan forgiveness to those who work in the public sector. good morning. guest: thanks for having me. host: public service loan forgiveness. for those who may not be familiar, what is it? guest: a program signed into law by george w. bush in 2007 which allows borrowers in public service to say you work for the government or for a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, you are a teacher, things like that, to have loans forgiven after 10 years if they make payments for the entire 10 years. host: if they make the payments all the debt they have accumulated aside from that gets forgiven? gues
bush, and obama administrations. that should get under way in about 10 minutes. here onthat live c-span. until then, a look at a proposal that would link student debt to public service from today's "washington journal" and we will show you as much as we can until the event with the attorney general gets underway. your money segment on washington journal and this week we feature reporting done by jillian berman, who covers in part, the student loan industry and particularly issues...
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it went on like that. >> the obama administration, during the obama administration, under the obama administration. >> to be fair, it is a legitimate question as to whether the army and defense department under obama renewed flynn's security clearance without sufficient diligence given that russian trip and money. that is not the same thing as appointing and vetting flynn to one of the top national security positions in the u.s. government. remember, obama fired flynn from a lower position in the national security community. you might wonder why was flynn fired? last july when flynn was being considered for the vp slot, flynn wrote an op ed the military fired me for calling the radicals jihadis. that was different from when powell told his son when he had been told, abusive with staff, didn't listen. worked against policy. bad management. he has been and was right wing nutty ever since. joining me to discuss all this is admiral john kirby. he's known general flynn for years. thanks so much for joining us. first of all, for those people not familiar with all of the different security clearances and
it went on like that. >> the obama administration, during the obama administration, under the obama administration. >> to be fair, it is a legitimate question as to whether the army and defense department under obama renewed flynn's security clearance without sufficient diligence given that russian trip and money. that is not the same thing as appointing and vetting flynn to one of the top national security positions in the u.s. government. remember, obama fired flynn from a lower...
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today nbc news reported that before the obama administration left and the trump administration came on board, obama administration officials made a list of documents related to the russia investigation basically in order to keep them safe quoting from the nbc news report today, quote, obama administration officials were so concerned about what would happen to key classified documents once president trump took office they created a list of document serial numbers to give to senior members of the intelligence committee. after the list of documents related to the probe and russian interference was created in early january after the list of numbers was ceded, he, the former obama administration first page u hand carried that list of serial numbers to members of the senate intelligence committee. the purpose was to make it, quote, harder to bury the information. so the investigation into the russian attack on our election last year started during the obama administration obviously. the obama administration was worried that the trump folks would erase it, would get rid of what had been found
today nbc news reported that before the obama administration left and the trump administration came on board, obama administration officials made a list of documents related to the russia investigation basically in order to keep them safe quoting from the nbc news report today, quote, obama administration officials were so concerned about what would happen to key classified documents once president trump took office they created a list of document serial numbers to give to senior members of the...
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throughout the obama administration, and the obama administration deported more people from inside the united states than any other administration in history. they focus on those people who committed crimes. >> and those numbers on formal deportation. sick -- increased consistently over time. 440 4000 deportations that aren't president obama the title. the you expect to see that same level? will a child administration be up at maintain that same level of deportation? trump administration be able to maintain the same level of deportation? if you look at inside united states, we were deporting two hundred 50,000 people, most of whom committed crimes every year. through 70,00065 it has dropped in the because the obama- administration had focused on people who committed felonies. they weren't deporting people for all crimes. the trump administration reversed those priorities and put it back to the way it was at the beginning of the obama administration, when we had those record numbers. one would expect that we would quickly return to those numbers. the question is will the department of h
throughout the obama administration, and the obama administration deported more people from inside the united states than any other administration in history. they focus on those people who committed crimes. >> and those numbers on formal deportation. sick -- increased consistently over time. 440 4000 deportations that aren't president obama the title. the you expect to see that same level? will a child administration be up at maintain that same level of deportation? trump administration...
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lou: shocking new charges that obama administration surveilled president trump and his transition team. former obama national security adviser susan rice, asked to unmask the names of trump transition officials, caught up. and we're learning that surveillance went on for months, purely for partisan purposes. we take that up with house judiciary committee member congressman john desan 'tis and ambassador john bolton. >> obstructist dems have the votes to filibuster, so republicans are likely to go nuclear. >> it is pathetic. they are so stupid they think -- we have no alternative to do what has to be done. lou: leonard leo is joining us tonight. and terrorism in russia. a bomb blast tearing through a subway train in st. petersberg, at least 11 people killed and 50 wounded, police suspect that terrorist attack was carried out by a suicide bomber, linked to radical islamists. lou: good evening tonight there are charges of widespread wrong doing in the obama administration. specifically sources naming former national security adviser susan rice as highest ranking official to call for the u
lou: shocking new charges that obama administration surveilled president trump and his transition team. former obama national security adviser susan rice, asked to unmask the names of trump transition officials, caught up. and we're learning that surveillance went on for months, purely for partisan purposes. we take that up with house judiciary committee member congressman john desan 'tis and ambassador john bolton. >> obstructist dems have the votes to filibuster, so republicans are...
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today nbc news reported that before the obama administration left and the trump administration came on board, obama administration officials made a list of documents related to the russia investigation basically in order to keep them safe. quoting from the nbc news report today, quote, obama administration officials were so concerned about what would happen to key classified documents related to the russia probe once president trump took office that they created a list of document serial numbers to give to senior members of the intelligence committee. a former obama administration official tells nbc news that after the list of documents related to the probe and the russian interference was created in early january, after that list of numbers was created, he, the former obama administration official, hand carried that list of serial numbers to members of the senate intelligence committee. the purpose was to make it, quote, harder to bury the information. so the investigation into the russian attack on our election last year started during the obama administration. the obama administrati
today nbc news reported that before the obama administration left and the trump administration came on board, obama administration officials made a list of documents related to the russia investigation basically in order to keep them safe. quoting from the nbc news report today, quote, obama administration officials were so concerned about what would happen to key classified documents related to the russia probe once president trump took office that they created a list of document serial...
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throughout the entire period, however, leading figures to have the obama administration -- of the obama administration including the president and secretary of state and national security advisor susan rice kept insisting that the obama administration, that the deal had gotten 100% of the chemical weapons out, creating an illusion, which by the way the trump administration seemed to share, at least in its first few months, that assad had been defanged of his most dangerous weapons. what we've just seen in northern syria with the sarin attack on this village is that that was untrue and that he maintains the stockpile, and i have to ask mr. blinken, how is it that the obama administration kept going on saying 100% of the weapons without qualification, when they knew from their own intelligence reporting and in fact publicly available sources that that was not the case, that assad was keating on the deal, that he maintained this stockpile and of course the ability to use it. >> rose: the second part is the russians should have known about this and there was complicity. >> of course the rus
throughout the entire period, however, leading figures to have the obama administration -- of the obama administration including the president and secretary of state and national security advisor susan rice kept insisting that the obama administration, that the deal had gotten 100% of the chemical weapons out, creating an illusion, which by the way the trump administration seemed to share, at least in its first few months, that assad had been defanged of his most dangerous weapons. what we've...
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the entire obama administration as a crime scene. here is an example of that. she admitted she had don't unmasking. you have to have for her to unmask someone, you or me, there has to be some level of what we would call in law enforcement probable cause or in intelligence a reasonable expectation of links to an intelligence operation. i can tell you based on what i have been told about the information destrip nune de -- n devin nunes has, the high water mark was not met. that was the original issue. second which is more severe is the quote-unquote i accept nation and the leaking. she did not leak maybe. but i'm sure she knows who did. lou: to change the requirements. there could be broader dissemination of law intelligence to more agencies with greater number of individuals involved. >> correct. lou: with just days to go in the administration, that's highly suspect. >> the idea here -- the excuse they are probably going to use is this is due diligence. we had concerns. that's not justification for using a nation state capability to t
the entire obama administration as a crime scene. here is an example of that. she admitted she had don't unmasking. you have to have for her to unmask someone, you or me, there has to be some level of what we would call in law enforcement probable cause or in intelligence a reasonable expectation of links to an intelligence operation. i can tell you based on what i have been told about the information destrip nune de -- n devin nunes has, the high water mark was not met. that was the original...
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this has revised the update about president obama's legacy on syria and the trump administration moving forward. thispress conference afternoon, secretary mattis says isis remains the target. joining me is tony blinken, the former deputy national security adviser for president obama. joining me here is bret stephens, a columnist for "the wall street journal." i want to begin with a column that got a lot of attention. "the price of obama's mendacity." there's always this debate about the wisdom of barack obama's decision to forgo a similar strike in 2013. that's the beginning. mr. obama and his advisers will never run out of self justifications for their policy in syria. they can't out run responsibility for the consequences of their lies." after president obama, kerryent putin, and john went through the agreement for syria to ban the stockpile of chemical weapons, information began to emerge that the syrians were cheating on the agreement. it started filtering out in 2014. the wall street journal had a front-page story on the fact in 2015. even16, jim clapper acknowledged it to a congre
this has revised the update about president obama's legacy on syria and the trump administration moving forward. thispress conference afternoon, secretary mattis says isis remains the target. joining me is tony blinken, the former deputy national security adviser for president obama. joining me here is bret stephens, a columnist for "the wall street journal." i want to begin with a column that got a lot of attention. "the price of obama's mendacity." there's always this...
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>> the obama administration, during the obama administration, under the obama administration. >> you get the point. sorry. just that's all i can say on this one. sean spicer is exactly right. that there may well have been a mess up in the obama administration when they renewed his clearance if they didn't ask the right questions or if flynn didn't provide the documentation. even if he verbally told them as he says he did. verbally told them about these trips and about these payments, the records don't reflect, the paperwork doesn't reflect this was properly discussed and litigated and that happened on president obama's watch. that's true. but he got one of the most sensitive jobs in government under this president and they won't answer question s about dd they look into any of this. >> this is a pattern with this white house sort of distancing people from the campaign. they did that with paul manafort. i think at some point they referred to michael flynn as sort of like a volunteer. and so at this point it is. this is obama's fault. this is obama's guy. in many ways i think it works
>> the obama administration, during the obama administration, under the obama administration. >> you get the point. sorry. just that's all i can say on this one. sean spicer is exactly right. that there may well have been a mess up in the obama administration when they renewed his clearance if they didn't ask the right questions or if flynn didn't provide the documentation. even if he verbally told them as he says he did. verbally told them about these trips and about these...
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south sudan was established and the obama administration tried to help them secure al-bashar's agreement to this splitting up. president bashar held up his end of the bargain. sudan was split in two parts in accordance with the obama administration's plan and right now washington -- and then washington insisted sanctions would be executed against the country they helped create. so the fixation on trying to oust this or that dictator, authoritarian leader, we know how it ends. a successful ouster of a dictator is to me very hard to remember. if you have any examples, i would be glad if you could share them with me. on syria, as our president has stated on many occasions, we are not trying to put our thoughts on anyone or assad or anyone else as they do in libya. we want them to sit at one negotiating table. as a resolution state, they have all gathered together. this has to be with syrian dialogue. as the council resolution states the future of syria has to be determined by the syrians themselves without any exception. the most important thing is not to eliminate a political leader from t
south sudan was established and the obama administration tried to help them secure al-bashar's agreement to this splitting up. president bashar held up his end of the bargain. sudan was split in two parts in accordance with the obama administration's plan and right now washington -- and then washington insisted sanctions would be executed against the country they helped create. so the fixation on trying to oust this or that dictator, authoritarian leader, we know how it ends. a successful...
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the obama administration refuse d. at the end of obama administration, in november of last year, they proposed that we should meet and certainly our relevant government agencies agreed. at the last moment, the obama administration changed their mind. they were very interested in undermining the american russian relations with the rival -- the arrival of new power. that is why we confirm our interests today. this is a relevant matter and that is why we suggested that our contacts should be resumed at the level of special advice of the u.s. administration and russian president. we feel at this time, the results of these efforts might be different leading to the establishment of channels of new communication. what was your second question? we have not touched on this matter. it has been buried, so to speak, and still we have channels to discuss some serious issues in our relations. it might be not under the umbrella structure, no, but it might be in a different form. we've designated special groups -- persons who will sit
the obama administration refuse d. at the end of obama administration, in november of last year, they proposed that we should meet and certainly our relevant government agencies agreed. at the last moment, the obama administration changed their mind. they were very interested in undermining the american russian relations with the rival -- the arrival of new power. that is why we confirm our interests today. this is a relevant matter and that is why we suggested that our contacts should be...
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the obama administration refused, they didn't respond then at the end of the obama administration in november last year. they proposed that we should meet certainly our relevant government agencies agreed but at the last moment, the obama administration changed their mind because they were probably very, very interested in undermining the american/russian relations before the rival of the new administration in power. that's why we once again confirmed this interest of ours today. this is a relevant matter, and that is why we suggested that our contact should be resumed at the level of special and voice with the u.s. administration and the president. and also at the relevant authorities we feel that this time the result of these effortght be different leading to the establishment of new channels of communication. and what is your second question? the presidential commission. no, we have not yet touched upon this matter. it has been buried specked. but maybe it might be resuscitated. we have some serious issues in our negotiations. it might not be under this umbrella structure, no. it
the obama administration refused, they didn't respond then at the end of the obama administration in november last year. they proposed that we should meet certainly our relevant government agencies agreed but at the last moment, the obama administration changed their mind because they were probably very, very interested in undermining the american/russian relations before the rival of the new administration in power. that's why we once again confirmed this interest of ours today. this is a...
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national security according to the obama's administration justice department. would have you voted for that if you knew that? >> i won't go back in time but president trump has a nuclear problem in north korea and i'm glad he only has one nuclear threat to deal with. >> tucker: that's two things. one, dodging the question and the iran deal mitigated the nuclear threat. we don't know that's true at all. >> secretary tillerson last week send to congress that iran is in compliance. they went from being three months from having a nuclear weapon so if they restarted and violated all agreements a year. >> tucker: we've been fooled before on a bipartisan basis but why do you think the obama people lied to you about this? >> tucker, i don't know they lied to congress or to anyone. >> tucker: you probably took a lot heat for it too including your constituents. >> i voted on taking nuclear weapons away from iran and we're safer because of it. now we need to count on allies. >> tucker: so in one case according to politico no one from the obama station has denied this as p
national security according to the obama's administration justice department. would have you voted for that if you knew that? >> i won't go back in time but president trump has a nuclear problem in north korea and i'm glad he only has one nuclear threat to deal with. >> tucker: that's two things. one, dodging the question and the iran deal mitigated the nuclear threat. we don't know that's true at all. >> secretary tillerson last week send to congress that iran is in...
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the obama administration, u.s. and russia led the various talks between the various believe me, it was practically impossible to get the different groups to sit in a room together. they sat and parallel rooms and somebody would negotiated. the russians have broke it in the past few months and that is a series of talks about a transition or a cease-fire. the russians are not interested in a transition from assad. , dim, sothe civil war many people have died in so many refugees. and the islamic state in the eastern part of syria. we do know what assad of done to his population fuels membership in isis. you have three or four very difficult problems. so far, it has been practically impossible to get people to listen to each other. i think we have to keep trying and i hope the trump administration will be more active in that way and will on a higher level with the russians in trying to at least get people to talk to each other. were a bigussians driver in the chemical weapons ban. what happened? what was the role? gues
the obama administration, u.s. and russia led the various talks between the various believe me, it was practically impossible to get the different groups to sit in a room together. they sat and parallel rooms and somebody would negotiated. the russians have broke it in the past few months and that is a series of talks about a transition or a cease-fire. the russians are not interested in a transition from assad. , dim, sothe civil war many people have died in so many refugees. and the islamic...
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first susan rice now responding to the bombshell reports that exposed that she is the obama administration official who requested that the names of trump transition team members who were caught up in surveillance be unmasked. now, tonight we'll expose the obama administration's sabotage and that is tonight's very important opening monologue. we want to take you through this step by step because it's a huge scandal. it started last month. remember, president trump sent out a tweet accusing the obama administration of is your veil lens during the election. since then we've been peeling away all the layers of the president's team with the help of the investigative reporting from people like sara carter and john solomon. now, first sara and john uncovered the existence of an fbi investigation into a server being utilized at trump tower. they also discovered that an fisa warrant that allowed federal officials to capture trump team communications existed prior to the president taking office. then they revealed that high ranking officials with direct access to president obama may have had access
first susan rice now responding to the bombshell reports that exposed that she is the obama administration official who requested that the names of trump transition team members who were caught up in surveillance be unmasked. now, tonight we'll expose the obama administration's sabotage and that is tonight's very important opening monologue. we want to take you through this step by step because it's a huge scandal. it started last month. remember, president trump sent out a tweet accusing the...
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today nbc news reported that before the obama administration left and the trump administration came on board, obama administration officials made a list of documents related to the russia investigation basically in order to keep them safe quoting from the nbc news report today, quote, obama administration officials were so concerned about what would happen to key classified documents once president trump took office they created a list of document serial numbers to give to senior members of the intelligence committee. after the list of documents related to the probe and russian interference was created in early january after the list of numbers was ceded, he, the former obama administration first page u hand carried that list of serial numbers to members of the senate intelligence committee. the purpose was to make it, quote, harder to bury the information. so the investigation into the russian attack on ourleion last year started during the obama administration obviously. the obama administration was worried that the trump folks would erase it, would get rid of what had been found alr
today nbc news reported that before the obama administration left and the trump administration came on board, obama administration officials made a list of documents related to the russia investigation basically in order to keep them safe quoting from the nbc news report today, quote, obama administration officials were so concerned about what would happen to key classified documents once president trump took office they created a list of document serial numbers to give to senior members of the...
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he blamed the obama administration, president obama for drawing that red line back in 2013 against the use of chemical weapons in syria. but not following through. and he said that should not have happened. he said, i'm drawing my own line. >> absolutely. wolf, you know this better than most people because you have covered the white house and so many presidents. that at a certain point, and he actually had almost 100 days for this point to come to him, something happens in the world that stops the white house and stops the president in his tracks. and has to have him shift and sort of refocus. now, this white house has been embellished in its own chaos and controversy. but this is obviously not a new situation. not a new crisis, unbelievable humanitarian crisis that's been going on. it's been going on for years. but it is the first time that the american people that the citizens around the world, have seen the images that we've seen of these children on donald trump's watch when he is the leader of the free world. and i just think it's very constructive to see the way he reacted. he re
he blamed the obama administration, president obama for drawing that red line back in 2013 against the use of chemical weapons in syria. but not following through. and he said that should not have happened. he said, i'm drawing my own line. >> absolutely. wolf, you know this better than most people because you have covered the white house and so many presidents. that at a certain point, and he actually had almost 100 days for this point to come to him, something happens in the world that...
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so, the issue is, you know, he was issued a security clearance under the obama administration in the spring of 2016. the trip and transactions you're referring to occurred in december of 2015. from what i understand. so obviously there's an issue the department of defense and inspector general is looking into. all of that clearance was made during the obama administration with knowledge of the trip that he took. that's how the process works. jordan? >> if he wasn't fired by the president for -- i'm sorry, if he wasn't fired by the president for lying to the vice president, would he still have a job today here at the white house? >> it's -- i will just say i think the president made the right call at the right time and it's paid off. >> given the progress that congressional republicans have made on the health care talks does the president want a vote on that bill this week? >> he wants a vote when they have 216 votes and i feel good about the progress being made to get to that number. and i think speaker ryan's comments this morning indicate that it's moving in the right direction and
so, the issue is, you know, he was issued a security clearance under the obama administration in the spring of 2016. the trip and transactions you're referring to occurred in december of 2015. from what i understand. so obviously there's an issue the department of defense and inspector general is looking into. all of that clearance was made during the obama administration with knowledge of the trip that he took. that's how the process works. jordan? >> if he wasn't fired by the president...
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but all of that clearance was made by the obama -- during the obama administration and apparently with knowledge of the trip he took so that's how the process works and i welcome the department of defense's ig's review. >> if he wasn't fired by the president for -- i'm sorry. if he wasn't fired for the president for lying to the vice president, would he still have a job today here at the white house? >> i -- we'll just say i think the president made the right call at the right time and clearly paid off. jordan? >> thank you, sean. given the progress of congressional republicans of tn health care talks, does the president want a vote on the bill this week? >> he wants a vote when they have 216 votes and i feel very good about the progress that's being made to get to that number. and i think speaker ryan's comments this morning indicate that it's moving in the right direction and that should be good news for everyone in america as we move towards the system that creates a health care system that serves us and that makes sure that premiums don't skyrocket like they are now and see the doc
but all of that clearance was made by the obama -- during the obama administration and apparently with knowledge of the trip he took so that's how the process works and i welcome the department of defense's ig's review. >> if he wasn't fired by the president for -- i'm sorry. if he wasn't fired for the president for lying to the vice president, would he still have a job today here at the white house? >> i -- we'll just say i think the president made the right call at the right time...
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certainly senior national security officials in an administration, including the obama administration, can legally make such requests, and the intelligence agencies, principally the nsa in this case since it involves communication intercepts, then decide whether to grant that request or those requests. but i'm told that in practice, the requests of senior officials are rarely denied. now despite their judgment that obama officials' requests were within the law and regular practices, some members of congress continue to have concerns about the justifications given for unmasking requests, some of them, and the standards for the intelligence agencies to grant those requests. >> and, manu, i mean chairman nunes, he was forced to temporarily recuse himself from the investigation as being investigated by the house ethics committee because of his actions handling the documents. what's the status of that investigation? >> well, anderson, both house democrats and republicans on the intelligence committee have agreed on a list of witnesses to interview, but there's actually a divide in the witn
certainly senior national security officials in an administration, including the obama administration, can legally make such requests, and the intelligence agencies, principally the nsa in this case since it involves communication intercepts, then decide whether to grant that request or those requests. but i'm told that in practice, the requests of senior officials are rarely denied. now despite their judgment that obama officials' requests were within the law and regular practices, some...
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level by the obama administration. >> obviously, president obama fired michael flynn. security clearance is different than vetting somebody to be national security adviser. >> absolutely. let's remember, when he was cleared by the obama administration, there was a stretch of time after that, before he got -- before he went into the trump administration, right? what you do in every administration with top appointees coming in is you double-check them, especially in those key positions. you do it as of that day. you want to know if something happened last week, last month. who knows whether -- you have to renew the security clearances on a regular basis to keep on top of things like this. whatever the obama administration did -- they may have screwed this up. there's no question the trump administration and donald trump was responsible for bringing michael flynn into the white house and then trusting him. if his team failed him, maybe the president -- i think the president can get off but i don't think there's any question that somebody around him failed. >> can i just s
level by the obama administration. >> obviously, president obama fired michael flynn. security clearance is different than vetting somebody to be national security adviser. >> absolutely. let's remember, when he was cleared by the obama administration, there was a stretch of time after that, before he got -- before he went into the trump administration, right? what you do in every administration with top appointees coming in is you double-check them, especially in those key...
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the obama administration. >> right. he started throwing flynn under the bus by saying that if congress thought there were transgressions, they ought to investigate it. but then, he brlamed the obama administration for not doing a proper vet because there's a five-year period, i believe he was saying, that you don't need to reinvestigate somebody. and so he said, well, basically, he passed the buck, it was their fault, not ours. which leads me to believe, stunningly, that the person who was to become the new national security adviser didn't get a new vet given the fact that he's a pretty controversial person and he was fired by the last administration. >> that's right. >> you know, it's interesting. because elijah cummings who revealed all of these new documents, the department of defense inspector general investigation now under way involving flynn's security clearances, he was complaining, cummings, that the white house is not cooperating with this house committee and giving them the documents they need. >> well, you k
the obama administration. >> right. he started throwing flynn under the bus by saying that if congress thought there were transgressions, they ought to investigate it. but then, he brlamed the obama administration for not doing a proper vet because there's a five-year period, i believe he was saying, that you don't need to reinvestigate somebody. and so he said, well, basically, he passed the buck, it was their fault, not ours. which leads me to believe, stunningly, that the person who...
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but all of that clearance was made by the obama -- during the obama administration, and apparently with knowledge of the trip that he took. so that's how the process works. and i welcome the department of defense's ig's review. >> if he wasn't fired by the president for lying to the vice president, would he still have a job today at white house. >> i think the president made the right call at the right time and it has clearly paid off. >> i was wondering if you could provide more information about some of his financial dealings that have in particular now come to light. is that what led to his firing from thehite house? >> i think we addressed it at the time. no, no. that's right. i think th president made the right decision at the right time and he continues to stand by it. >> knowing what you know now, did you miss something and you regret bringing michael flynn -- >> i think the president made the right decision at the right time, and it's been pretty clear that -- >> he regrets bringing him in. >> no, i'm just saying he made the right decision. and i think we moved forward from the
but all of that clearance was made by the obama -- during the obama administration, and apparently with knowledge of the trip that he took. so that's how the process works. and i welcome the department of defense's ig's review. >> if he wasn't fired by the president for lying to the vice president, would he still have a job today at white house. >> i think the president made the right call at the right time and it has clearly paid off. >> i was wondering if you could provide...
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a lot of inaction by the obama administration. i think what we heard from nikki haley i think the question is does the trump administration want to end up in the same box with having the word look at what the united states says it's just words. this is a decision that the president will make by listening what does it mean with steve bannon, eyebrows raised, from chief political strategist in the administration someone who thinks george w. bush made a mistake in iraq. who doesn't think that it is and should be worried about its economy. the white house says he was there to help former national security adviser michael flynn to organize the place, to send more power back to the pentagon, more power to the state department. they say mission accomplished, i would say that's spin. but you guys sitting at the table for the white house, what does this mean? >> well, part of this is say reshuffling of the white house and then settling in. i think think there's truth from the points about steve bannon. steve bannon likes to have his hands
a lot of inaction by the obama administration. i think what we heard from nikki haley i think the question is does the trump administration want to end up in the same box with having the word look at what the united states says it's just words. this is a decision that the president will make by listening what does it mean with steve bannon, eyebrows raised, from chief political strategist in the administration someone who thinks george w. bush made a mistake in iraq. who doesn't think that it...
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but why is the trump administration shifting the blame to the obama administration? >> it was an eye opening interview with the reuters regarding kim jung-un, the president. let's break it all down. >> an aurjing warning from president trump. the president suggesting a military face-off with pyongyang is within the realm of possibility. listen. >> well, there's a chance we could end up having a major, major conflict with north korea, absolutely. >> now, the president telling reuters the u.s. would prefer to achieve a nonnuclear north korea through diplomacy, but he said that's very difficult. >> he praised president xishy ping for trying very hard after accusings him of not doing enough. tillertion is set to chair a u.s. security council meeting on north korea later this month with the house of representatives set to vote on new sanctions on pyongyang next week. for the latest let's bring in cnn's alex field live in seoul. the president suggesting south korea is not doing enough to pay their fair share. what's the reaction from seoul? >> yeah, i think this interview
but why is the trump administration shifting the blame to the obama administration? >> it was an eye opening interview with the reuters regarding kim jung-un, the president. let's break it all down. >> an aurjing warning from president trump. the president suggesting a military face-off with pyongyang is within the realm of possibility. listen. >> well, there's a chance we could end up having a major, major conflict with north korea, absolutely. >> now, the president...
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lou: susan rice leaving a paper trail of unmasking requests, despite denying the obama administration politicized intelligence. >> the allegation that somehow the obama administration officials utilized intelligence for political purposes, that's absolutely false. lou: something was false, but that isn't it. a cia operations officer says the intel community has been used as a tool of political destruction. lou: new reports show that susan rice's request to unmask campaign officials was rare and anything but routine as she has claimed. documents examined by fox news state such requests involved extensive and complex procedures which means rice likely left a paper trail. my next guest says the rice unmasking is an abuse of power. one that violates the spirit of the law it should be further investigated. joining me now, scott, eulinger, thanks for being with us. fox news reporting they expect a long paper trail. these requests began in jump last year. what about accountability? how about getting to the truth here. she is going to take fifth amendment if she is called before congress. thi
lou: susan rice leaving a paper trail of unmasking requests, despite denying the obama administration politicized intelligence. >> the allegation that somehow the obama administration officials utilized intelligence for political purposes, that's absolutely false. lou: something was false, but that isn't it. a cia operations officer says the intel community has been used as a tool of political destruction. lou: new reports show that susan rice's request to unmask campaign officials was...
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why is that not on the obama administration? >> alisyn. it is important for people to remember that michael flynn was fired by president obama for doing a terrible job at d.i.a. later on, for president trump when he was the nominee, considered him as a vice presidential running mate. to go back to the facts of how security clearance works. this is not done by political appointee or career officials at agencies. what we don't know is if the security clearance was revoked when he left his job and if it he started from scratch. >> in spring of 2016, the security clearance was renewed. that is when obama was in the white house. if they knew he had gone to russia and made the paid speech. why was it renewed? >> alisyn, i don't know what he disclosed at that time. these decisions are not made by political appointees like myself. they are made by career open officials who served through different administrations and different presidents at the helm. this is an absurd blame game here. the vetting. the responsibility on vetting is on the incoming a
why is that not on the obama administration? >> alisyn. it is important for people to remember that michael flynn was fired by president obama for doing a terrible job at d.i.a. later on, for president trump when he was the nominee, considered him as a vice presidential running mate. to go back to the facts of how security clearance works. this is not done by political appointee or career officials at agencies. what we don't know is if the security clearance was revoked when he left his...
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trump claims he was wrongly surveilled by the obama administration. he says proof will come out that susan rice committed a crime. instead, gop lawmakers reviewed the documents and they show no proof that rice did anything wrong. now the washington post reporting the fbi got a warrant to monitor former trump campaign adviser carter page. that means a judge found probable cause page was knowingly engaged in cla clandestined intelligence with russia. we have with us phil mudd and steve hall. phil, not only is there no proof that trump and/or his team were wrongly caught up in surveillance, but real proof a warrant gave one of his advisers was up to no good. >> that's right. watch this. what you will see is carter page say and i believe he already started to say this. it is a political witch hunt. chris, you have two pieces. the fbi and department of justice will not go to the fisa court. the special court that allows the fbi to eavesdrop on american citizens without a high degree of confidence that something is going on here. these are federal judges. a
trump claims he was wrongly surveilled by the obama administration. he says proof will come out that susan rice committed a crime. instead, gop lawmakers reviewed the documents and they show no proof that rice did anything wrong. now the washington post reporting the fbi got a warrant to monitor former trump campaign adviser carter page. that means a judge found probable cause page was knowingly engaged in cla clandestined intelligence with russia. we have with us phil mudd and steve hall....
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why president trump is blaming the obama administration. >>> good morning. nbc 10 news today. roa rosemary conners. >> vai sikahema. let's get to bill henley. >>> gorgeous day. nice cool start in new jersey. 44 degrees right now. 55 in the suburbs. lehigh valley is at 56 degrees. look at philadelphia. 60 and close to 60 in delaware. we will see sunshine. the temperatures climb near 70 degrees this afternoon for new jersey and delaware for 66 with sunshine. the lehigh valley and a beautiful day ahead for the suburbs and philadelphia. that's today. tomorrow, we're looking at storms and areas of flood threat. we've issued a first alert. look at that when i come back in ten minutes. first, jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. >>> bill, we're watching the boulevard right now. no problems or delays reported. you can see the roosevelt blo d boulevard looks great. moving towards the schuylkill. you'll see no problems. early for that of course. most of the majors okay. there is a crash this morning out in upper motherland on fairway road. we'll end here with mass transit. am
why president trump is blaming the obama administration. >>> good morning. nbc 10 news today. roa rosemary conners. >> vai sikahema. let's get to bill henley. >>> gorgeous day. nice cool start in new jersey. 44 degrees right now. 55 in the suburbs. lehigh valley is at 56 degrees. look at philadelphia. 60 and close to 60 in delaware. we will see sunshine. the temperatures climb near 70 degrees this afternoon for new jersey and delaware for 66 with sunshine. the lehigh...
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president obama's top homeland security and terror adviser also happened to announce the obama administration review of russian hacking into the election. welcome. we're so proud to have you here. thank you for coming on. >> good to be here. >> let me start by asking you about this breaking news out of russia with this bomb at st. petersburg's metro. who is a bigger target for isis right now, russia or the u.s.? i presume you think this is likely isis. >> it is still early. we have to be mindful of that it's still early in the investigation and no doubt that officials will be doing, but there's two things to keep in mind and there's two potential ways this could go. one is isis. it's got all the hallmarks of isis. an attack on a soft target, a train station, a public area and a well traveled commuter path in st. petersburg. the use of what appears to be a homemade explosive, reports of shrapnel having been embedded in this explosion. it has the hallmarks of isis. we know there have been dozens of video references from isis threatening to undertake attacks against russia and this emanates ever
president obama's top homeland security and terror adviser also happened to announce the obama administration review of russian hacking into the election. welcome. we're so proud to have you here. thank you for coming on. >> good to be here. >> let me start by asking you about this breaking news out of russia with this bomb at st. petersburg's metro. who is a bigger target for isis right now, russia or the u.s.? i presume you think this is likely isis. >> it is still early. we...
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that was the obama administration that tried to exercise strategic patience with north korea, you know. in the last few months, we've seen more nuclear tests from north korea, more new missile launches. so, is the vice president right? did strategic patience fail? >> well, you know, successive administrations going back to the 1990s have not managed, unfortunately, to rein in north korea's nuclear ambitions. but in fact, the strategic patience era really ended more than a year ago, when under the obama administration, we began a sustained, comprehensive effort to put pressure across the board on north korea. first trying to get china to leverage its own influence. that's the most important factor, because virtually all of north korea's trade is with china, but also to get countries around the world to sever their economic, diplomatic, and political relations with north korea. and we went systematically with south korea and japan to countries on virtually every continent to get them to remove north korean guest workers who were sending back hundreds of millions of dollars in remittances
that was the obama administration that tried to exercise strategic patience with north korea, you know. in the last few months, we've seen more nuclear tests from north korea, more new missile launches. so, is the vice president right? did strategic patience fail? >> well, you know, successive administrations going back to the 1990s have not managed, unfortunately, to rein in north korea's nuclear ambitions. but in fact, the strategic patience era really ended more than a year ago, when...
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obviously we know what happened with the obama administration. they fired him because he was erratic and uncontrollable general. and a lot of the actions that he par took after being fired are what stopped him from going -- >> you have gone through security clearances. >> absolutely. >> top secret, i assume you have that. >> yes. >> marine corps and member of congress, member of armed services committee. >> absolutely. >> he was fired as head of defense intelligence agency in 2014. 2015 he goes to moscow. trip paid for by rt, russian television, prop began saturday -- >> under the putin administration. >> in 2016 he gets top secret credentials recertified, i i assume by u.s. army, retired general of the army and state department i assume at least the u.s. army but that was during the a.m. administration. that's why they are blaming the obama administration for requalifying him for that top secret level. >> and we should look into that. part of the reason why we should have share full discussion is trump administration should share with the intell
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the administration here sean spicer is saying the obama administration were only acting transparent. they weren't really being trance parent. on the tax returns, the tax release that was so interesting because he said, the president was not releasing his tax returns. he is under audit. again, of course, tomorrow is tax day. it's unclear how he would know if the president is under audit for 2016. that's their answer to that as well. >> has this administration made any changes that increase transparency, done anything to back up spicer's claim during the transition this will be most transparent presidency? >> reporter: i think in a couple respects they do list more meetings that this president has on his schedule. we know who he is meeting with during the day, dinner with some evenings. we don't know anything about his weekend schedule. as we know, he has a weekend working schedule at mar-a-lago or the other golf course. overall, in terms of i think more tranceparence i am hard-pressed to think of more ways overall that this president is more transparent. perhaps on social media becaus
the administration here sean spicer is saying the obama administration were only acting transparent. they weren't really being trance parent. on the tax returns, the tax release that was so interesting because he said, the president was not releasing his tax returns. he is under audit. again, of course, tomorrow is tax day. it's unclear how he would know if the president is under audit for 2016. that's their answer to that as well. >> has this administration made any changes that increase...
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spicer: it was a policy that the obama administration enacted to basically wait and see. i think we have understood that policy is not one that is prudent ent for the united states. and you see stepped-up efforts particularly with respect to china. and i think the relationship building esident is zsh wn in marrow mar-a-lago. and engage with partners that ave political influence. >> and particularly on north korea, you want to telegraph what the president will make. president trump is more inclusive and unpredictable than kim junk un. r. spicer: i disagree, when he reacted in syria, the world exuent, not just the world community they applauded the president's actions. i think, absolutely. i think that you have to look at he flip. and but around the globe, people are excited that the president is taking action and did he sice i havely. reporter: you are not taking options off the table. war on the korean peninsula will cost lives. is this to be read as an acceptance of that riffing by he trump administration? taking anything on or off the table is limiting your options to s
spicer: it was a policy that the obama administration enacted to basically wait and see. i think we have understood that policy is not one that is prudent ent for the united states. and you see stepped-up efforts particularly with respect to china. and i think the relationship building esident is zsh wn in marrow mar-a-lago. and engage with partners that ave political influence. >> and particularly on north korea, you want to telegraph what the president will make. president trump is more...
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person. >> is it credible, kevin, to act as though it is the obama administration's fault? look, it is entirely possible the obama administration made a mistake in renewing his security application in early 2016. still, at the same time michael flynn was a huge part of trump's campaign, the republican national convention, he was going to be the national security adviser. i mean both could be true, the obama team might have messed up in renewing his security clearance, but it seems a bigger deal the role he played with trump. >> you're right. looking at it clinically it is not credible. it is a reflexible default position any white house usually has about their predecessors, particularly in the first 100 days like this. >> i recall people blaming things on bush. >> sure. >> right. it happens. >> but, you know, there were -- there were a number of red flags before, you know, a lot of this information came to light that they should have been aware of and they have to answer for that. >> the context for this is so obvious. when you look at the russian context, when you have pau
person. >> is it credible, kevin, to act as though it is the obama administration's fault? look, it is entirely possible the obama administration made a mistake in renewing his security application in early 2016. still, at the same time michael flynn was a huge part of trump's campaign, the republican national convention, he was going to be the national security adviser. i mean both could be true, the obama team might have messed up in renewing his security clearance, but it seems a...